A number of diarists and commentators on this site have suggested that a Coakley loss wouldn't be bad for the Democratic Party, since it would serve as a valuable "wake-up call" for the party leadership. The Democratic base has been demoralized by the compromises that this Administration and Congress have made with both monied interests and the Republican Party. A Senate loss is a deep blue state will surely show the leadership of the Democratic Party the error of its ways. Or so the argument goes.
Unfortunately, our politics doesn't work like this.